158 BC
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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Centuries: | 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC · 1st century BC |
Decades: | 180s BC · 170s BC · 160s BC · 150s BC · 140s BC · 130s BC · 120s BC |
Years: | 161 BC · 160 BC · 159 BC · 158 BC · 157 BC · 156 BC · 155 BC |
158 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 158 BC CLVII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 596 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 166 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy VI Philometor, 23 |
Ancient Greek era | 155th Olympiad, year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4593 |
Bengali calendar | −750 |
Berber calendar | 793 |
Buddhist calendar | 387 |
Burmese calendar | −795 |
Byzantine calendar | 5351–5352 |
Chinese calendar | 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2539 or 2479 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2540 or 2480 |
Coptic calendar | −441 – −440 |
Discordian calendar | 1009 |
Ethiopian calendar | −165 – −164 |
Hebrew calendar | 3603–3604 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −101 – −100 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2943–2944 |
Holocene calendar | 9843 |
Iranian calendar | 779 BP – 778 BP |
Islamic calendar | 803 BH – 802 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2176 |
Minguo calendar | 2069 before ROC 民前2069年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1625 |
Seleucid era | 154/155 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 385–386 |
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Year 158 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Laenas (or, less frequently, year 596 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 158 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Asia Minor
- At the request of the Romans, Ariarathes V, king of Cappadocia, rejects a proposal from the Seleucid king, Demetrius I, for him to marry the sister of Demetrius I. In response, Seleucid forces attack Cappadocia and remove Ariarathes V from the Cappadocian throne. Demetrius I then replaces him with Orophernes Nicephorus, a supposed son of the late king, Ariarathes IV. With Ariarathes V deprived of his kingdom, he flees to Rome.
- Attalus II Philadelphus, the second son of Attalus I Soter of Pergamum, ascends the throne following the death of his elder brother, Eumenes II.
Births
- Publius Rutilius Rufus, Roman consul, statesman, orator and historian (d. c. 78 BC)
Deaths
- Eumenes II, King of Pergamum who has ruled since 197 BC and a member of the Attalid dynasty; a brilliant statesman, he has brought his small kingdom to the peak of its power and made Pergamum a great centre of Greek culture in Anatolia
References
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